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Forum: General Photography
11-27-2020, 05:35 PM
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For what it's worth, I shoot both with a K-5IIs and an A6000, which I bought for my underwater photography needs (or rather, wants!).
I really really wanted to like the A6000, but at the end of the day, shooting with it is just a mediocre experience. The menus are incredibly frustrating to use, the EVF is a disappointment, the compactness is offset by the need to have a decent lens (the compact kit lens 16-50 is awful. Meanwhile, the 90mm macro is truly outstanding, but then the whole setup becomes awkward to use), ergonomics are far off from Pentax, and the sensor isn't as good as the K-5IIs despite both cameras having the same rating on DXOMark. I hear that Fujifilm is making great cameras that are fun to use. The A6000 certainly isn't one.
It is difficult to communicate on the shooting experience, which is what Pentax is trying to do, but I wholeheartedly support Pentax's approach and will buy a K-3 III as soon as available.
Other than that the article is rather poor: overheating is not a real problem, a new lens collection is needed for any new system anyway, and I wouldn't want to edit my pictures on the camera. The EVF remains as the only valid point.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
09-25-2020, 02:45 AM
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OoKu posted the following on xitek, replying to someone who sarcastically complained about story 4... 5... 9... 10 etc.
"In fact, this thing is very simple. Tell the story and keep the heat up. The machine design has already been completed. The release time (according to the epidemic situation and the factory situation) has also been set. Now it is time to wait for that time. Anyway, it can be used before Christmas this year."
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-09-2020, 06:39 AM
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Hello,
I just wanted to give a huge thanks to bjdavey, Blacknight659, and DavidDwight for this.
The SDM of my 16-50 has been dead for 3+ years and previous attempts at physical repairs, playing with the spring, worked but were very shortlived. I stumbled upon a message elsewhere which mentioned a "(converted) 16-50mm", which got my curiosity and led me to this thread.
I followed bjdavey instructions on my Windows computer and Pentax K-5IIs firmware 1.07, and everything went smoothly. Glad to have a functional lens again. Thanks!
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Forum: Photographic Technique
08-12-2011, 05:07 AM
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Hi,
I purchased the Little Bramper a couple of months ago in April (as a guinea pig for Pentax:)) and I just want to say that the Little Bramper works wonderfully for my K-5!
Canon and Pentax use the same connectors, which is why so many Canon remote controllers or intervallometers work for Pentax too.
I didn't try this on the K10D as the K10D nees an additional hotshoe PC adaptor, but I am fairly sure it would work too... and it must definitely work on the K-7 and K20D too. I really like it.
For those who may buy it, I found that the X-time was around 20ms (much better than the Canon cameras ;)) but I did not try it under steady, reliable conditions.
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